7/16/15-Sugarhill Gang death
Joseph Robinson was a pioneer of hip-hop and owner of Sugarhill Gang Records. Robinson's father was boxing champ Joe Robinson and his mother was singer Sylvia Robinson ("Love is Strange," "Shame Shame Shame"). Joe died in 2000, Sylvia in 2011. Sylvia also co-wrote the Sugarhill Gang rap classic 'Rappers Delight'. Sugarhill Records Executive, Joseph Robinson, Jr., most affectionately known to most as Joey, succumbed to cancer yesterday afternoon at his […]